Songs to Grow On, Vol. 3: American Work Songs

Various Artists FW07027 / FC 7027

Six of the best known American folksingers—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bill Bonyon, Sam Eskin, "Mac" McClintock, Cisco Houston and Lead Belly—come together to sing work songs, including a miner’s song, a cowboy song, a lumbermen’s song, a fishermen’s song and a farmer’s song.

Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) African American; Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Cowboys--Songs and music; Folk songs--United States; Music--Juvenile; Sea songs
Instrument(s) Banjo; Guitar; Harmonica
Language(s) English

Year of Recording 1951
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Moses Asch ; Produced by Moses Asch ; Cover artwork by Irwin Rosenhouse

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101	This Land is Your Land	Woody Guthrie	2:35
102	Lumberman's Alphabet	Sam Eskin	3:07
103	Down the Hatch	Bill Bonyun	1:26
104	Jerry, Go and Oil That Car	Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock	2:38
105	The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn	Pete Seeger	1:14
106	Talking Columbia	Woody Guthrie	2:38
201	Old Blue	Cisco Houston	2:08
202	Dark as the Dungeon	Cisco Houston	2:38
203	Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies	Cisco Houston	1:37
204	Old Man	Lead Belly	2:33
205	Haul Away Joe	Lead Belly	2:28

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